Movers and Shakers

Northwest Endodontics welcomes Dr. Skylar Penberthy

Northwest Endodontics announced that Dr. Skylar 'Grizz' Penberthy has joined their team. Dr. Grizz is a native to North Idaho, and will be joining his sister, Dr. Brittney Penberthy, and father, Dr. Tim Penberthy.

Dr. Grizz attended local grade schools and graduated from Gonzaga Preparatory School. After Gonzaga Prep, he became a loyal Vandal at University of Idaho majoring in biology. Following his degree in biology, he went on to dental school at Oregon Health & Science University. Upon completion of dental school, Dr. Grizz continued advancing his knowledge with an AEGD at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry. Immediately afterward, he entered the endodontic program at Boston University and graduated with a master’s degree in endodontics.

Williams, Bice join team at Verdis

Verdis has hired Michael Williams, PE, as a Project Engineer and Sam Bice as a senior project manager.

Williams graduated from Washington State University in 2014 with a bachelor of science in civil engineering and has more than seven years of civil engineering experience, including private and public projects. The Marine Corps veteran most recently worked as a civil project engineer at AHBL.

Bice started his career in the marine construction industry and then, in 2018, transitioned to vertical construction. He most recently worked as vice president of operations at Texas Dewatering, LLC, in Katy, Texas.

Verdis, based in Coeur d’Alene, is a woman-owned full-service land use planning, landscape design, civil engineering and construction firm. The firm has completed more than 160 federal projects in 14 states, in addition to projects for local and state agencies and private clients throughout the western U.S.

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